"Vivid Paintings with Fauve Colors"

Bio

May Talhouk was born in Aley, Lebanon. Her Deafness was discovered at the age of 3 months which caused her to enroll at The Father Andeweg Institute for the Deaf (F. A. I. D) from nursery all through until she graduaed with a high school diploma in 1993.

At the age of five, she showed great interest in painting which led her to join the Hamawi Art Center when her school (F. A. I. D), closed for two years being on the demarcation line, due to the civil war in Lebanon.

After her school reopened, she took intensive courses in painting on holidays. When she graduated from F. A. I. D, she joined the Hamawi Art Center for two years course in painting and graduated with a diploma acknowledge by the Lebanese government.

Talhouk was not satisfied with her high school diploma. her ambition led her to the unique Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. There, she had to join the English Language Institute (ELI) department within the university to reach the level of the university standard. After being accepted at Gallaudet University in 1999, she specialised in the field of Art Histroy and graduated with a Bachelor of Art degree in 2004

Talhouk had an internship and worked at Nation Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.